We spoke to Tesla workers about what it’s really like to have him as a boss.
They told us about a toxic, racist, and exploitative workplace culture that stems from the top. 🧵
Ex-Tesla worker Richard Ortiz spoke out about Musk’s illegal union-busting at Tesla.
Richard Ortiz tried to organize his coworkers at Tesla's CA factory. In response, Tesla "coercively interrogated" him three times, then fired him illegally.
Another veteran Tesla worker came forward to detail extraordinarily dangerous conditions at @elonmusk's auto factory.
"It was like a modern-day industrial sweatshop," said Dennis Duran, who worked at Tesla’s Bay Area plant for 5 years.
Marcus Vaughn is one of many Black workers filing legal action against Tesla.
Vaughn was called racial slurs by his manager and saw a fellow Black co-worker beaten with a chair.
After telling Musk & HR, he was fired for “not having a positive attitude.”
A current Black Tesla worker also came forward to expose the culture of racism and discrimination at @elonmusk’s company.
They spoke on the condition of anonymity. Tesla has retaliated against Black workers who spoke up.
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The average airfare is now nearly $400, up 11% since 2019. As a result, United Airlines earned ~$1B in profit last quarter.
Meanwhile, United canceled over 8,000 flights—up 128% from 2019.
Flying is becoming a worse and worse experience, but airlines are doing better than ever.
“Based on most metrics,” the CEO said last week, United is “running better than ever.”
The company saw revenue per passenger mile increase 25% despite flying at 10% less capacity.
A driver of low capacity is flight cancelations.
What’s causing record flight cancellations? Corporate fraud.
Airlines pushed out 56,000 workers, then sold thousands of flights they KNEW they couldn’t service & waited until the last minute to cancel on passengers.
It wasn't the first time @restaurantwrkrs organizers were disciplined for calling out union-busting.
A union leader was written up for "harassment" after confronting a manager about Via 313's decision to illegally withhold pre-planned raises & promotions.
PepsiCo is using its market power to drive inflation costs onto consumers.
The snack food empire just recorded nearly $22B in revenue for the last 3 months. Price increases accounted for almost all of that growth.
PepsiCo raised prices by an average of 17% and saw organic sales increase by 16%. How?
The company has immense power across U.S. grocery stores. E.g. it controls 60% of the U.S. chip market. If you buy Lays, Doritos, Cheetos, Fritos, Tostitos, or Ruffles, you’re buying PepsiCo.
PepsiCo hasn’t ruled out using that power for more price increases. "With the investments that we've made in brands," the CFO told investors, "I still think we're capable of taking whatever pricing we need."